[Ocfs2-users] Soft and Hard Readonly?

[Sunil Mushran]

To mount readonly, do:
mount -o ro /dev/sdX /dir

The difference between soft and hard is that in the latter the heartbeat 
is not
started. Meaning no need to join a dlm domain. The latter only works on
actual readonly devices.

Sutterfield, Geary L. wrote:
> I've seen some discussions in the past about "soft readonly" and "hard 
> readonly" options in OCFS2. But I can't seem to find a description of 
> them anywhere. Do I have look at code comments? Or is there another 
> place that describes how these work? Are they mount options?
>  
> I'm trying to configure a cluster with a single write-enabled server 
> and multiple read-only servers. Does anyone have experience with this 
> type of configuration? Can the hard readonly or soft readonly options 
> be used to create such a configuration? If anyone has any experience 
> setting up a cluster like this, I'd like to hear about your 
> configuration and your experiences.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Geary Sutterfield
> Lead Software Systems Engineer
> Software Solutions and Technology
> The MITRE Corporation
>  
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